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Collins Fireside Chat: “The Big Lebowski”

WHEN 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. today
WHERE Collins Coffeehouse,
Collins Living-Learning Center,
541 N. Woodlawn Ave.
MORE INFO Admission is free to this chat with Ed Comentale, an associate professor of English, who will discuss the movie “The Big Lebowski.” The speech will include commentary, question-and-answer and group discussion.

JT Spangler,
Rob Blackledge,
Sam Grow

WHEN 9:30 p.m. today
WHERE Bear’s Place Ale House and Eatery, 1316 E. Third St.
MORE INFO Admission is $5 for these top-40 rock fusion bands.

Food in Film Night
WhEN 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday
WHERE 501 N. Park Ave.
MORE INFO Admission is free to watch the 1987 Academy Award-winner for Best Foreign Language Film, “Babette’s Feast,” which follows the life of a French chef living in a rigid Protestant community. Bring food to eat while you watch.

Forty Years
and Still Throwing

WHEN 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. now until Nov. 9
WHERE By Hand Gallery,
101 W. Kirkwood Ave. No. 109
MORE INFO Admission is free to this gallery show of functional pots by master potter John Peterson.

Before and After Pictures: FSA Photographs and
the New Deal

WHEN 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, now until March 31, 2010
WHERE IU Art Museum,
1133 E. Seventh St.
MORE INFO Admission is free to this showcase of more than 800 Depression-era photographs, which reflects the dual purpose of the Farm Security Administration’s photographic project to document the people of rural America and the programs of the New Deal.